Deborah Lee James: “It takes two to tango, and we can have all the urgency in the world, but we cannot give away the farm if the negotiation…”

That is why I am so grateful to really you on this committee, among others, for coming together this year and putting together a bipartisan budget agreement.

If we return to sequestration in fiscal year 2018, this will exacerbate the readiness problem and set us even farther back.

If you are reduced to one single way, that is the equivalent of putting all your eggs in one basket.

Senior military and civilian leaders, beginning with the Secretary and Air staff, must focus on promoting an environment that does not tolerate sexual assault.